Systems and methods for pairing identification data to a network-based service

• US 20130086697A1
• Filed: 10/03/2012
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zypline Services, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Raymond P. Kasbarian
• Inventors: Kasbarian, Raymond P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,262,606 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0414 during transmission, i.e. party's identity is protected against eavesdropping, e.g. by using temporary identifiers, but is known to the other party or parties involved in the communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and systems of providing access, indexing, and/or connecting a user to a network-based service, associated with a particular entity, using an identifier that can be uniquely associated with the particular entity (e.g., with respect to a given scope of identification), can be proprietary to the entity, and/or issued by a third-party (i.e., a party not providing the method or system). A method can comprising receiving from a client computer system an entity identifier uniquely associated with a real world entity in a scope of identification, the entity identifier being issued by a third-party in association with the real world entity. The method can select a network-based service uniquely associated with the entity identifier, determine a public access parameter to the network-based service, and provide the client computer system with public access to the network-based service according to the public access parameter.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving from a client computer system an entity identifier uniquely associated with a real world entity in a scope of identification, the entity identifier being issued by a third-party in association with the real world entity;

selecting a network-based service uniquely associated with the entity identifier;

determining a public access parameter to the network-based service;

providing the client computer system with public access to the network-based service according to the public access parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, the entity identifier being a telephone number, an e-mail address associated with the real world entity, or an alphanumeric string associated with and proprietary to the real world entity.

3. The method of claim 1, the scope of identification being implemented in an index of unique identifiers issued to the real world entity by the third-party.

4. The method of claim 1, the network-based service being selected from a plurality of network-based services associated with the real world entity, and the method further comprising receiving an affix with the entity identifier, the affix identifying the network-based service from another network-based service in the plurality of the network-based service.

5. The method of claim 4, the affix being received as a suffix or a prefix to the entity identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a geographical location of the client computer system, wherein the geographical location assists in determining the scope of identification.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the client computer system a request for private access to the network-shared service;

performing an approval process for providing private access to the network-shared service;

upon approval, providing the client computer system private access to the network-based service.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein performing the approval process for providing private access comprises soliciting approval from the entity for the request for private access, the solicitation being transmitted to the entity by a communication system operable with the entity identifier.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein performing the approval process for providing private access comprises:

generating a passcode in connection with the network-based service;

delivering the passcode to the entity by way of a communication system operable with the entity identifier;

prompting the client computer system for the passcode.

10. The method of claim 1, the network-based service comprising a web page, web-based access to a document file, a web-based file sharing service, or a web-based media album.

11. The method of Claim 1, the real world entity being a person, a family, a government organization, a business organization, or a non-business organization.

12. A system, comprising:

an entity identifier association engine configured to receive from a client computer system an entity identifier uniquely associated with a real world entity in a scope of identification, the entity identifier being issued by a third-party in association with the real world entity;

a network-based service engine configured to select a network-based service uniquely associated with the entity identifier;

an entity identifier-based access engine configured to determine a public access parameter to the network-based service;

an entity identifier-referenced network-based service connection engine configured to providing the client computer system with public access to the network-based service according to the public access parameter.

13. The system of claim 12, the entity identifier being a telephone number, an e-mail address associated with the real world entity, or an alphanumeric string associated with and proprietary to the real world entity.

14. The system of claim 12, the scope of identification being implemented in an index of unique identifiers issued to the real world entity by the third-party.

15. The system of claim 12, the network-based service being selected from a plurality of network-based services associated with the real world entity, and the entity identifier association engine being further configured to receive an affix with the entity identifier, the affix identifying the network-based service from another network-based service in the plurality of the network-based service.

16. The system of claim 15, the affix being received as a suffix or a prefix to the entity identifier.

17. The system of claim 12, the entity identifier association engine being further configured to determine a geographical location of the client computer system, wherein the geographical location assists in determining the scope of identification.

18. The system of claim 12, the entity identifier association engine being further configured to receive from the client computer system a request for private access to the network-shared service, the entity identifier-based access engine being further configured to perform an approval process for providing private access to the network-shared service, the entity identifier-based access engine being further configured to provide the client computer system private access to the network-based service upon approval.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein performing the approval process for providing private access comprises soliciting approval from the entity for the request for private access, the solicitation being transmitted to the entity by a communication system operable with the entity identifier.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein performing the approval process for providing private access comprises:

generating a passcode in connection with the network-based service;

delivering the passcode to the entity by way of a communication system operable with the entity identifier;

prompting the client computer system for the passcode.

21. A system, comprising:

means for receiving from a client computer system an entity identifier uniquely associated with a real world entity in a scope of identification, the entity identifier being issued by a third-party in association with the real world entity;

means for selecting a network-based service uniquely associated with the entity identifier;

means for determining a public access parameter to the network-based service;

means for providing the client computer system with public access to the network-based service, according to the public access parameter.